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Pelakka Wurm

Creature — Wurm

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
When this creature enters, you gain 7 life.
When this creature dies, draw a card.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{4}{G}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Foundations
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#8842
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Pelakka Wurm card art
Pelakka Wurm lands and immediately refunds seven life and draws a card, then replaces itself on death — that's three-for-one value stapled to a 7/7 trample body for seven mana. The cost is real, but in any deck that cheats it into play or recurs it, like Nim Deathmantle loops or Baru, Wurmspeaker builds that care about big Wurms, it earns every slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Baru, Wurmspeaker

Baru, Wurmspeaker

80.1% of decks · synergy 0.78

Baru, Wurmspeaker pumps every Wurm you control and makes tokens whenever a Wurm enters, so Pelakka Wurm's seven-power body immediately triggers that engine while the lifegain and draw keep you fueled for the long game — it's in over 80% of Baru lists for good reason.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Pelakka Wurm is a Commander card through and through — seven mana is a steep ask in any 60-card format, and there's almost never a reason to run it over cheaper threats in Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy. In Standard it's legal but rarely competitive, edged out by more efficient threats at every point on the curve. Commander is where the math works: the format's slower pace lets you reach seven mana, and the guaranteed card draw on death means opponents can't simply remove it without falling behind.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

1 decks
Enduring RenewalCrystalline CrawlerSunbondPelakka WurmBlasting Station

Enduring RenewalCrystalline CrawlerSunbondPelakka WurmBlasting Station

Mill all creature cards in your library; Near-infinite card draw; Near-infinite damage; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Put all noncreature cards from your library into your hand

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Enduring RenewalCrystalline CrawlerSunbondPelakka WurmAshnod's Altar

Enduring RenewalCrystalline CrawlerSunbondPelakka WurmAshnod's Altar

Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Mill all creature cards in your library; Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Near-infinite card draw; Near-infinite colored mana; Near-infinite colorless mana; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Put all noncreature cards from your library into your hand

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Enduring RenewalCrystalline CrawlerSunbondPelakka WurmPhyrexian Altar

Enduring RenewalCrystalline CrawlerSunbondPelakka WurmPhyrexian Altar

Infinite colored mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Mill all creature cards in your library; Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Near-infinite card draw; Near-infinite colored mana; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Put all noncreature cards from your library into your hand

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pelakka Wurm has been printed enough times that copies tend to be easy to find at bulk prices — check your local store's common/uncommon bin before buying online. It's not a card you need to rush to acquire, but it's also rarely worth passing up for less than a dollar if you're building a Wurm deck.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.